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参考

• palmistry

別の表記

• head-line, head line

語源

From head +‎ line.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhɛd.laɪn/
• 韻: -ɛdlaɪn

名詞

headline (plural headlines)

1. A rope.
   1. (nautical, obsolete) Any of various type of rope used to attach a sail to a yard. [13th–19th c.]
   2. (nautical) A rope or chain used to attach the bow of a vessel to the shore or to another vessel. [from 19th c.]
   3. A rope tied to the head of an animal. [from 19th c.]
2. A line, and related senses.
   1. (palmistry, usually as two words) A line stretching diagonally across the palm, said to represent mental or intellectual matters. [from 16th c.]
   2. (chiefly Canada, US, now rare, as two words) The boundary line of a piece of land, used as a reference in surveying etc. [from 17th c.]
   3. (typography, now chiefly historical) A line drawn across the head of a page, for the title, page number, etc.; also more generally, the space at the top of a page in which this information is positioned. [from 18th c.]
      • 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2: Nestor]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 26:

        He held out his copybook. The word Sums was written on the headline.

   4. (chiefly journalism) A heading or title at the top of a page or section of text; especially, a brief line in large letters summarising or drawing attention to the following article or similar in a magazine or newspaper. [from 18th c.]

      Synonyms: hed, lead

      The headline on today's newspaper reads "John Doe Wins Wood-Splitting Competition."

      • 1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair‎, performed by Tears for Fears:

        Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
        One headline, why believe it?
        Everybody wants to rule the world

      • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

        From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.

   5. (entertainment) The top-billed attraction; a headliner.

等位語

• (heading): byline, dateline

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: headline

参考

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

動詞

headline (third-person singular simple present headlines, present participle headlining, simple past and past participle headlined)

1. To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
   • 1974 February 2, Charles Bonnell, “Typewriter In Hand”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 4:

     Once again I take typewriter in hand to express my opinion on two very different issues. Good luck in deciding what to headline this letter.

2. (transitive, intransitive, entertainment) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: headlinen